Depression Support Thread

juno

Diamond78 wrote: »

Well done. I have looked into what Im entitled to for studying ect but Im not entitled to anything but I do get the course paid for. Im not entitled to anything else. I suppose its better than nothing lol. I have to pay fees like, admin and stuff like that. Course work I have to pay for if i need to prepare things which ive been told I have to.

Are you sure? I didn't even know they had admin fees - they advertise that the price on the prospectus page is the price you pay. So if you get your course fees paid then that should be it. There are very small other costs, but so far I've had to pay for about 3 stamps.

And if you get your course fees paid you should be eligible for a £250 study grant, and then you can get the other grants etc on top.

Tulip

I am off now everyone to get ready for the party I hope you all have a good evening and I will chat to you all tomorrow morning as It will be very late when I get back and wont come online as I will go straight to bed


Night! Night!

chat tomorrow


*hugs*


love and light,

Katie xxx

Diamond78

absolutebounder wrote: »

Hi tiff Im pleased you have welcomed me as a friend but I should say at the outset I am a hypnotherapist and not in the least bit depressed. Depression as an illness interests me on a number of fronts. People who are depressed tend to say the right things but actually do everything possible not to get better. Now this is as a result of action by the sub concious mind. Depression is also very attention seeking though the people with it will often deny it.
When help is offered it is noticeable that all sorts of excuses come out not to do something rather than excuses to get it done.
There are all sorts of excuses for depression as well like chemical imballances in the brain yet science doesnt seem to be able to point out a normal balance in the first place.
Treatment seems to be poor to me. Go to the doctor and the chemical imballance is made worse with more chemicals that block normal brain activity.
Counselling is all over the place.
I believe that the drugs make the treatment less likely to work. Depressed people are often alchoholics or binge drinkers. Now alchohol is a depressant so fill the brain with a depressant and wonder why depression doesnt go away
Depression is also comparative. It doesnt work unless it can be compared to something and that is why I will not be popular for saying this but I do not believe this thread is good as you are all feeding your depression off each other.
I dont have all the answers which is why I am learning behaviors from here and many other places so that I can improve treatment when it is asked for.

You are very lucky you do not suffer with depression. Counselling is all over the place but I for one cannot afford the treatment so I am on the waiting list with the nhs. My depression comes from childhood.Those on here that I have spoken to some know and some dont.I am not an alcholic or a binge drinker, never was my mum who suffered with depression to.

I also know alcholics who have the problem.It is an addiction and its not just easy to stop.

This thread is good for a lot of ppl. I for one aswel as others on this thread, post what they feel. We dont get ppl that judge us or dictate to us. We all have good and positive days and can have bad days. We try and give each other support and I have been helped a great deal on this thread.I may not be able to help ppl personally but the main fact is we care about each other and we understand one another.

Anyone is welcome on this thread, but to say some of the stuff you have written is a bit wrong. There are many different ppl that post on here.We are free to say what we want when we want.Theres rich,poor,workers,unemployed,mums,dads and lots of toher different type of people that post on here. It doesnt matter if they have drink,drug,family,work problems what matters is we are here to help one another as much as we can and I am happy to say I have been helped.

absolutebounder

BigMummaF wrote: »

:rolleyes: Your post intrigues me AB--I'm not saying anything other than it has been my GP telling me I have depression...I went to the surgery with my symptoms answered the questions as honestly as I could & walked out with the diagnosis....

Sorry if that doesn't fit into the 'normal profile', but I never fit into anything like I'm supposed to:p

Well normal whatever that is, is also comparative. I realise the doctors are hard pressed but diagnosis by questionaire of a complex emotional problem does make me wonder. Our brains serve to protect us and when on the outside they dont, then you have to look on the inside to see what benefit our mind is seeing from our illness. This is why I dont like the cover it over with drugs approach from doctors

Diamond78

juno wrote: »

Are you sure? I didn't even know they had admin fees - they advertise that the price on the prospectus page is the price you pay. So if you get your course fees paid then that should be it. There are very small other costs, but so far I've had to pay for about 3 stamps.

And if you get your course fees paid you should be eligible for a £250 study grant, and then you can get the other grants etc on top.

Yea hun im sure. when i had my interview for my course I was told to take my form to the campus bit and that I had to pay £30 something. Its like admin fee,mines through a college maybe thats why.

I dont think I am entitled to a student grant as I well tried to look into it.I dont work and thats why my course is being paid for.The course is for a year, very other wednesday and I have to do 2 days a week work experience unpaid at a school which I dont mind as Im happy to start from the bottom and eventually work my way up as the years pass.

What course are you doing?x

Diamond78

Tulip wrote: »

I am off now everyone to get ready for the party I hope you all have a good evening and I will chat to you all tomorrow morning as It will be very late when I get back and wont come online as I will go straight to bed


Night! Night!

chat tomorrow


*hugs*


love and light,

Katie xxx

I know you will have a fab time time, you wont get this now til tomorrow but anyway If im not on tomorrow Im sure I will get to read about your night.
Enjoy your sunday hun xx

LadyMorticia

absolutebounder wrote: »

Hi tiff Im pleased you have welcomed me as a friend but I should say at the outset I am a hypnotherapist and not in the least bit depressed. Depression as an illness interests me on a number of fronts. People who are depressed tend to say the right things but actually do everything possible not to get better. Now this is as a result of action by the sub concious mind. Depression is also very attention seeking though the people with it will often deny it.
When help is offered it is noticeable that all sorts of excuses come out not to do something rather than excuses to get it done.
There are all sorts of excuses for depression as well like chemical imballances in the brain yet science doesnt seem to be able to point out a normal balance in the first place.
Treatment seems to be poor to me. Go to the doctor and the chemical imballance is made worse with more chemicals that block normal brain activity.
Counselling is all over the place.
I believe that the drugs make the treatment less likely to work. Depressed people are often alchoholics or binge drinkers. Now alchohol is a depressant so fill the brain with a depressant and wonder why depression doesnt go away
Depression is also comparative. It doesnt work unless it can be compared to something and that is why I will not be popular for saying this but I do not believe this thread is good as you are all feeding your depression off each other.
I dont have all the answers which is why I am learning behaviors from here and many other places so that I can improve treatment when it is asked for.

I'm sorry if I offend you but I don't agree with what you are saying. I suffer from depression as well as Borderline Personality Disorder and I am not an attention seeker. Neither am I an alcoholic or binge drinker. I don't touch alcohol. I went to the doctor to get help so I don't agree when you say that people who are depressed don't want to be helped and make an excuses. I don't think it is fair that you are tarring everyone who suffers with depression with the same brush. Yes, there may be people who are depressed that don't want help but the majority do.

I also don't agree with what you have said about this thread. I have only been a part of it for a short time but everyone is so supportive and we help eachother.
Have you ever suffered with depression? I don't mean to cause offence but you come off as slightly judgemental.

xx

Diamond78

Hello Ladymortica, you feeling better hun?

absolutebounder

Diamond78 wrote: »

You are very lucky you do not suffer with depression. Counselling is all over the place but I for one cannot afford the treatment so I am on the waiting list with the nhs.

I appreciate the NHS is overstretched

My depression comes from childhood.Those on here that I have spoken to some know and some dont.I am not an alcholic or a binge drinker, never was my mum who suffered with depression to.

I only said that sometimes depressed people were having problems with alchohol

I also know alcholics who have the problem.It is an addiction and its not just easy to stop.

Agree completely

This thread is good for a lot of ppl. I for one aswel as others on this thread, post what they feel. We dont get ppl that judge us or dictate to us.

I am not judging or dictating but observing. You cant learn without observation

We all have good and positive days and can have bad days.

That is the same for the entire population but on this thread you hear about it far more

We try and give each other support and I have been helped a great deal on this thread.I may not be able to help ppl personally but the main fact is we care about each other and we understand one another.

Anyone is welcome on this thread, but to say some of the stuff you have written is a bit wrong.

I disagree that it is wrong a different view from a different perspective maybe

There are many different ppl that post on here.We are free to say what we want when we want.Theres rich,poor,workers,unemployed,mums,dads and lots of toher different type of people that post on here. It doesnt matter if they have drink,drug,family,work problems what matters is we are here to help one another as much as we can and I am happy to say I have been helped.

I am not here to say you should do this or that but to learn and see where help can be given to break cyles. Depression has been around me and a school friend comitted suicide from it. You say your depression has been since childhood and this once again is common but I wonder whether it is more an inherited trait or caused as a result of trauma or specific event. I dont expect you to answer that it is just my line of thinking.
Unfortunately depression seems to cover a range of emotions from a slighyt setback to severe psychosis and so it would be difficult to write genericaly on a thread like this.
I will never be that popular with what I say because I say things as I see them so may appear bliunt and unfeeling but that is not the way I really am but sorry I do believe in calling a spade a spade

LadyMorticia

Diamond78 wrote: »

Hello Ladymortica, you feeling better hun?

Heya.

Not really but I'm surviving. I have an appointment on Tuesday with my project worker to discuss support and then on Wednesday I have an appointment with the doctor. She's going to phone up the Eating Disorders clinic with me.Then I'm going to be referred to the hospital psychiatry consultant over the next few weeks. I feel myself getting stressed already.:rotfl:

How are you today lovely?

xx